U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury

STATE News:

ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) joined U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), along with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in welcoming U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves and White House CHIPS Coordinator Ryan Harper to New Mexico for a tour of Albuquerque’s Rocket Lab.

“I was proud to vote for the CHIPS and Science Act and support President Biden’s plans to move the country’s manufacturing forward through important legislation. This expansion and modernization will transform our space technologies and manufacturing,” Rep. Stansbury said. “Rocket Lab is one of only two companies in the United States specializing in producing highly efficient and radiation-resistant compound semiconductors. I am delighted to have their work represent our great state.”

Rocket Lab was awarded $23.9 million so the company can produce compound semiconductors for satellites and spacecraft. The expansion would also increase Rocket Lab’s compound semiconductor production by 50 percent and help meet the growing national security and commercial demand for these solar cells in the United States.

Find Rep. Stansbury’s full remarks here.